She was a mom back when moms didn't work
She just did the laundry and brushed off the dirt
She cooked all the meals and scrubbed all the floors
And she mowed that front yard with that old push mower
All of those years without the help of a man
She held us together with those delicate hands
Those hands have rocked some cradles
Calmed many a cryin' child
Set ten thousand supper tables
Now it''s time to rest those hands a while
Those hands have done some prayin'
Worn just one wedding band
Now there ain''t much time
And there ain't much strength
But there''s a lot of love left in those hands
If I had a dime for every button she sewed
Those hands have rocked some cradles
Calmed many a cryin' child
Set ten thousand supper tables
Now it''s time to rest those hands a while
Those hands have done some prayin'
Worn just one wedding band
Now there ain''t much time
And there ain't much strength
But there''s a lot of love left in those hands